Printed leaf, Shemirah (protection) for home and childbed. Jerusalem: [Yisrael Bak, 1863].

At the center of the leaf appears Psalm 121. On its right is a prayer from Avodat HaKodesh by the Chida, and on its left an invocation against the evil eye by the Chida. At the bottom of the leaf are verses, invocations and Holy Names. Chronogram for year in margins.
Printed dedication by R. Avraham Charosh with blank space, filled out by hand in square letters: "Benin Menachem" [Menachem Benin, apparently of the Yemenite community in Eretz Israel].

[1] leaf, approx. 17.5x30 cm. Fair-poor condition. Stains. Much worming and open tears, affecting text, repaired with tape and paper filling (tape mounted around entire margins of leaf). Newly bound.

Rare. Undocumented by Sh. Halevy, and documented in the Bibliography of the Hebrew Book based on a photocopy (the NLI website contains a photocopy of the present copy).
Formerly of the collection of Dr. Israel Mehlman, with inscriptions in his handwriting on endpaper.